Counseling Center Resources
Books and Resources
The Counseling Center provides a number of printed and online resources for students and their families. Select Links and Resources to get publications and web-based information.
For parents of new college students we offer a list reading resources on the transition to college.
Click to download a copy of college transition suggested readings. 
Downloadable Resources
Eating Disorders - A Confidential Questionnaire
An eating disorder is not about food. Individuals may use food to hide or mask emotional discomfort just as easily as alcohol or drugs. But while drugs and alcohol can be avoided, food is necessary for life. An eating disorder can cause unpleasant and even life threatening health problems that affect both men and women.
If you feel you have an eating disorder, then take this confidential questionnaire: https://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/screening/select_screening.asp
Or, contact the Centenary counseling center: farmerl@centenarycollege.edu
Gratitude Blog
Psychologists at the University of California have found that individuals who practiced an intentional and sustained focus on gratitude feel better about their lives.
- They are more energetic and more optimistic.
- They reported fewer physical complaints.
- They exercised more.
- They felt more alert.
- They reported being more likely to help someone else.
- So not only did those who practiced gratitude feel good, they also did good.
- The research has also shown that grateful individuals live longer!
To help our community begin the practice of gratitude, the Counseling Center is launching a Gratitude Blog. We invite you to join in and post your grateful thoughts.
Visit: http://www2.centenarycollege.edu/gratitude/
Internet Addiction
Internet addiction is defined as any online-related, compulsive behavior ( sex, gambling, gaming, etc.) that interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work/school environment. It is a compulsive behavior that completely dominates the one's life. The Internet becomes more important than family, friends, and work. It becomes the organizing principle of one's life.
Take a confidential online test to assess your Internet behaviors.
MP3 Relaxation Exercise
Stressed? Anxious? Worried?
Research shows that relaxation exercise can be effective in reducing stress, anxiety and excessive worry.
This MP3 Relaxation Exercise (9:00 mins.) will guide you to relaxation by coaching you to flex and then release the major muscle groups of your body while breathing deeply and letting tension go. It is most effective when practiced regularly. By practicing this exercise you will learn to recognize the different feeling of a relaxed muscle from a tense muscle, you will be able to identify where in your body you carry tension and you will be able to employ this method when encountering stressful situations like test taking or public speaking.
You may listen to it directly from this Web page or download it to an MP3 player or your computer for more convenient listening. This clip is accessible only if you are connected to the Centenary College network.
Listen to/Download the MP3 Relaxation Exercise now.
Self Evaluation Online Screening
This free screening is available to the Centenary College community for people who have concerns regarding depression, eating disorders or their use of alcohol.
The questionnaire is taken anonymously and can be completed in just a few minutes.
Upon completion you will find out whether a professional consultation would be helpful to you. If you wish to discuss your results, print out you're your survey and make an appointment at the Counseling Center.
This free screening is available to the Centenary College community for people who have concerns regarding depression, eating disorders or their use of alcohol.
Virtual Stress Workship
"Use it and Lose it" as an insightful and useful PowerPoint show created by the Counseling Center at Northern Michigan University. This virtual workship will help you to:
- Identify the symptoms and causes of stress.
- Discover how different personality-types react to stress.
- Apply different strategies to manage the effects of stress.
Printer-friendly page